Help building a fast non-gaming system

BUDGET RANGE: No hard cap, but ideally the components will be at the price points for performance per dollar, but still able to meet my needs.

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: A machine capable of doing pretty much anything but games: internet, video streaming, picture/music/video editing, HD movie watching. Also would like to accommodate 2x24" monitors. To reiterate, this will not be a gaming machine so I will not necessarily need a high power gaming GPU.

Essentially I want a rig that can do things quickly, with significant multi-tasking and minimal latency. For example, watching an HD movie will video editing on the other monitor without the movie being slow or jumpy.

GPU - $80 shipped! You might need this much, but for this price you can't go wrong. It'll help out when/if you get bigger resolutions and/or if you get more monitors!! NO PCI-e Power connections either!! It also expels out the hot air out of the back of the case!!HIS H467QS1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retailhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161287

Total ~$1,021 shipped!! Obviously you can change a lot of these parts, but this makes up a pretty nice setup for around $1,000 w/no rebates!! All you need to do is figure out what monitors you want and your good to go!!

** I'd substitute the "1st HD" with an SSD to get maximum HD speed! I'm not going to recommend one, just yet, because I haven't had the time to research them, but Intel has been pretty hard to beat. They are just quite expensive, just so you know.

Well I have been busy for the last year (work and life in general). I also haven't been happy with how BoMG has handled the website, but there aren't any shows to watch at work and so I get bored and start surfing Always trying to help out others, when I can

Edit: Can you tell it has been a pretty slow day at work for me?? Lol!

If performance is your priority, you'd lean toward going Intel.If price/performance is your priority (but not a high-end system), you'd lean toward AMD.And if you were going Linux, you'd use Nvidia.Your build falls in between two of those rules of thumb.You will be happy with an i5.The components luny has spec'ed are all reasonable given your wide set of requirements.

sorry for the later answer.when building a computer, I believe in future proof, right budget handling and need matching.your needs definitely doesn't require an i5.you're not a gamer, hd editor or photoshop user or even number cruncher, thus getting an i5 is pointless imho.most of your cores will be mildly used, with today's gpu, one can watch FHD with a sampron cpu given he has a decent gpu.I've would recommended to get a e8400 which is the best cpu I've owned to date but the 775 socket is dead.imho, an x2 or x3 AM3 based amd system would have provided you all your needs while matching my beliefs. an amd am3 will give you backward comparability even when bulldozer will arrive.the 1156 is a good socket indeed but afaik, intel will invest more in the 1366 socket, also afaik, the 1156 socket has limitation.

anyway, I've guess you have bought the i5, so enjoy your new computer.